México Inside Out at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Inside Out includes sixty works by twenty-three artists, including Teresa Margolles, Gabriel Orozco, Francis Alÿs, Damián Ortega, Melanie Smith, and Naomi Rincón-Gallardo. These artists, some native-born, others like Alÿs who migrated there, cover contemporary issues in Mexico: globalization, borders, the changing role of economic and civic institutions, urban planning, and the growing gulf between wealth and poverty. Inside Out is a timely and provocative show which explores local issues within a global context, and reminds us of Mexico’s long history of political and outsider art and of welcoming international artists.

México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth (Texas) through 5 January 2014

Naomi Rincon Gallardo,
Pirate (bootleg) Utopias, 2012, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth

Melanie Smith,
Aztec Stadium. Malleable Deed, 2010, Video, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth

Edgardo Aragón
Tinieblas, C-print, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990,
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Gabriel Orozco,
Mesa de ping-pong con estanque, Mixed media, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990,
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José Jiménez Ortiz,
La eternidad es possible, Website, ads, and videos, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990,
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